Hardware, Data Centers and Life Cycles with Isaac Zarb

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Isaac Zarb, CTO and co- founder of Simply Staking
Simply Staking aims to offer self-managed, self-owned, secure. They also say that they are a Tier 3 data centre with immediate onsite access without the need for 3rd party or public cloud providers. They claim to offer maximum privacy and security, ensuring multiple layers of redundancy.
Our guest Isaac Zarb has had an interesting journey and we discuss many of his experiences. He provides insight on what it takes to start a data centre, what is at the heart of blockchain, as well as how important governance is. He also discusses how improved connectivity will eventually be the key in uniting the tribes in Web3 and the importance of testnets.
00:00 -- 01:21 : Intro
01:21 -- 09:52 : Isaac explains the start of his journey and the birth of Simply Staking
09:52 -- 13:00 : A discussion about the need for validator tools.
13:00 -- 20:37 : Isaac details how they set up the origial data centre and their expansion.
20:37 -- 24:44 : Isaac explains when they feel refurbished hardware is permissible.
24:44 -- 32:59 : Isaac gives his opinion on initial start up costs and hardware needed for a new validator.
32:59 -- 36:18 : Isaac explains how they select which networks they validate and the importance of testnets.
36:81 -- 39:42 : What is the goal and what are the values?
39:42 -- 43:09 : What should validators do with regards to governance and KYC?
43:09 -- 47:22 : Potential dangers of KYC for a validator and how ZK Proofs could solve it.
47:22 -- 55:56 : Isaac gives his opinions on tribalism.
55:56 -- 58:30 : Simply staking projects in the pipeline and the outro
We spoke to Isaac Zarb (https://twitter.com/zakzarb) about SimplyStaking (https://simplystaking.com/) and:
What is the heart of defi
Data sovereignty
Risks and rewards of KYC
Dangers of cloud services for decentralization
Refurbished hardware
Tax compliance
How validators add value outside of providing nodes
Scalability for validators
Challenges of running a business through Covid
The importance of governance and voting with regards for validators
The pros and cons of Island life
The value of participating in testnets
The life cycle of projects and founders
Cloud vs Bare Metal
Origins of Simplystaking
Adapting projects to be profitable
Costs of launching a startup
True use case for NFT’s
If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:
Stake with Citizen Web3 validator (https://www.citizenweb3.com/staking)
Listen to the YouTube version (https://youtu.be/VFbN_q-nyms)
Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/citizen_web3)
Sign up to the RSS feed (https://www.citizenweb3.com/rss)
Special Guest: Isaac Zarb.

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Isaac Zarb, CTO and co- founder of Simply Staking

Simply Staking aims to offer self-managed, self-owned, secure. They also say that they are a Tier 3 data centre with immediate onsite access without the need for 3rd party or public cloud providers. They claim to offer maximum privacy and security, ensuring multiple layers of redundancy.

Our guest Isaac Zarb has had an interesting journey and we discuss many of his experiences. He provides insight on what it takes to start a data centre, what is at the heart of blockchain, as well as how important governance is. He also discusses how improved connectivity will eventually be the key in uniting the tribes in Web3 and the importance of testnets.

00:00 -- 01:21 : Intro

01:21 -- 09:52 : Isaac explains the start of his journey and the birth of Simply Staking

09:52 -- 13:00 : A discussion about the need for validator tools.

13:00 -- 20:37 : Isaac details how they set up the origial data centre and their expansion.

20:37 -- 24:44 : Isaac explains when they feel refurbished hardware is permissible.

24:44 -- 32:59 : Isaac gives his opinion on initial start up costs and hardware needed for a new validator.

32:59 -- 36:18 : Isaac explains how they select which networks they validate and the importance of testnets.

36:81 -- 39:42 : What is the goal and what are the values?

39:42 -- 43:09 : What should validators do with regards to governance and KYC?

43:09 -- 47:22 : Potential dangers of KYC for a validator and how ZK Proofs could solve it.

47:22 -- 55:56 : Isaac gives his opinions on tribalism.

55:56 -- 58:30 : Simply staking projects in the pipeline and the outro

We spoke to Isaac Zarb about SimplyStaking and:

What is the heart of defi
Data sovereignty
Risks and rewards of KYC
Dangers of cloud services for decentralization
Refurbished hardware
Tax compliance
How validators add value outside of providing nodes
Scalability for validators
Challenges of running a business through Covid
The importance of governance and voting with regards for validators
The pros and cons of Island life
The value of participating in testnets
The life cycle of projects and founders
Cloud vs Bare Metal
Origins of Simplystaking
Adapting projects to be profitable
Costs of launching a startup
True use case for NFT’s

If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:

Stake with Citizen Web3 validator
Listen to the YouTube version
Follow us on Twitter
Sign up to the RSS feed

Special Guest: Isaac Zarb.

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